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Orange says network incident disrupts mobile services across France

By Thomson Reuters Oct 21, 2026 | 5:54 AM

PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Telecoms operator Orange said on ​Wednesday that ‌an incident affecting its mobile network in France was causing ‌major ​disruptions to ⁠its customers ⁠across the country.

Technical teams are working to identify the cause ​of the incident and ⁠restore services, ⁠a company spokesperson ​said in a ​statement to Reuters.

Downdetector, which tracks ‌outages by aggregating status reports from multiple sources, ⁠showed tens of thousands of reports about issues ⁠with ‌Orange’s mobile ⁠services in France ​on ‌Wednesday morning.

(Reporting ​by Gianluca ⁠Lo Nostro in Gdansk and Makini Brice in Paris; Editing by Milla ​Nissi-Prussak)